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- Epileptic patients are significantly more prone to fractures, influenced by factors like medication, poor nutrition, and lack of sun exposure.
- The study details two case reports of patients who suffered supracondylar fractures during seizures and reviews existing literature on femur fractures in epilepsy.
- Despite finding cases of femur fractures related to epilepsy, this research notes a lack of documented supracondylar fractures and proposes that intense muscle contractions during seizures may contribute to such injuries in susceptible individuals.
Article Abstract
Purpose: In epileptic patients fractures are six times more frequent than in the general population. Known predisposing factors are anticonvulsant drugs, malnutrition, lack of physical activity and sunlight exposure.
Methods: In this study we describe two patients, one with a bilateral supracondylar fracture and one with a unilateral supracondylar fracture after an epileptic seizure. The literature concerning femur fracture following an epileptic insult is reviewed.
Results: A review of the literature revealed several cases of femur fractures associated with epilepsy, however no cases were found involving a supracondylar femur.
Conclusions: Our hypothesis is that a tonic seizure with simultaneous contraction of both agonists and antagonists can cause this type of fracture in predisposing patients.
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